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Due to the close relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development, entrepreneurial activities and the extent and methods of public policies in promoting entrepreneurship have been the primary focus of researchers particularly within the last decades. o becoming a member of European Union in producing entrepreneurial companies is discussed with respect to interrelationships between entrepreneurial factors, policies and economic growth. The comparative analyis of member states and Turkey is conducted through three sub-indices, fourteen pillars and twenty-eight individual and institutional variables of Global Entrepreurship and Development Index (GEDI) metholodology. The findings of the study have important implications for policy makers as the weakest areas which are to be prioritized are highlighted

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